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Ministers of the Crown, Senators, Deputies and hosts of uncategoried dignitaries assembled at Cairo Railway Station to bid au revoir, bon voyage and bonne chance to Premier Zaghlul of Egypt, who was leaving for London to have a word with Premier MacDonald about the Sudan (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq).* Outside the station thousands of people voiced their farewells in true Moslem fashion. Bands played, replayed and played again a special hymn dedicated to 'the Premier. A small group of people carrying a coffin were seen to lay it down and dash to the station to catch a fleeting...
...great crowd that had assembled to bid au revoir to the Premier was infuriated by the dastardly attempt upon his life. The would-be killer was seized and severely man-handled before the police were able to effect his rescue. In custody, the young student gave his name as Abd el Khadir, aged 20; said he had lately come from Germany to Egypt; that he tried to kill the Premier in order to prevent Anglo-Egyptian negotiations*over the Sudan and because the Premier had described the British Parliament as just and honorable...
...gave me. Terribly difficult years they were for me, far from my Fatherland and family, but they were made bearable by the friendly human feelings of Wieringers. So I say farewell, wishing my island the best of luck from the bottom of my heart. Thank you and au revoir...
...following day Renfrew rode around his ranch saying au revoir to farm hands, cowboys and neighbors, all of whom were sorry...
...opinion: THE MAN WHO ATE THE POPOMACK-W. J. Turner-Brentanos ($1.50). The popomack is a fruit- the rarest and most delicious fruit known to mankind. It had only one drawback-its unpardonable smell- and the fact that that smell transferred itself to anyone who ate the fruit. Lord Revoir ate of the popomack. What happened to him then is the theme of this extraordinary allegorical play by a young British poet. Two of the scenes exist only in the minds of some of the dramatis personae. A brilliant, interesting, witty experiment. THE DESERT HEALER-E. M. Hull -Small Maynard...